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Purple-Rumped Sunbird (female)

Leptocoma zeylonica

Photo by Chris79
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Description:

I'm not 100% sure but I think this is a female Purple-Rumped Sunbird, spotted in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

Females lack the bright purple colouring of the males.

Reference Links:

Purple-rumped sunbird - Wikipedia

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